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Where does “limitar” come from?

limitar (Portuguese) comes from Latin līmitō, from Latin līmes, from Latin līmus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂leyH-, from Proto-Indo-European leyh₂- — to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...

limitar (Portuguese): to limit, confine, demarcate

Definitions

  1. to limit, confine, demarcate

Ancestry of “limitar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlīmitō—
2Latinlīmes—
3Latinlīmus—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂leyH-to smear
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleyh₂-to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...
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